@TTACKED: Vicious cyberbullying hurts many young people

8:54 PM,
Oct. 13, 2012

Ruth Sazama

Written by

Shereen Skola
Wausau Daily Herald

It began for Josh Millhaus with a few nasty posts on his Facebook page. Then the rumors began to spread through his high school.

Soon, kids at school - even friends - were ignoring him, whispering behind his back, and some were tripping and shoving him in the lunchroom. The harassment and intimidation, both online and around town, escalated and took on a life of their own in Josh's head.

It eventually got so bad that he contemplated suicide to stop all the whispers, all the text messages, all the bullying. ...